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Engineering Technician 1-4

Salary

$2,427.00 - $4,366.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

80/ET1/177054/04.10.26-BH

Department

DOTD-Engineering & Operations

Division

Section 80

Opening Date

04/10/2026

Closing Date

4/19/2026 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

• Questions

About this Job

Section 80 – Contract Services

80/ET1/177054/04.10.26-BH

This position is located in the Construction Contracts Unit and is responsible for the preparation and assembly of the most complex and/or high priority construction bid proposals and construction specifications for projects in the DOTD construction program.

Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:

http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a high school diploma or GED; OR

Six months of experience in sub-professional engineering, heavy mobile equipment operation, or mobile equipment maintenance.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=161000) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Drafts and/or finalizes construction bid proposals for the most complex and/or highest priority projects.

• Revises such construction proposals as necessary to maintain compliance with changes in specifications occurring between issuance of a project's draft bid proposal, and the proposal finalization deadline.

• Reviews construction specifications for individual project features or items of work, and verifies those prepared by others are approved for use. These specifications must comply with applicable state and federal rules and regulations, and must be accurate, concise, and comprehensive to provide for quality construction at economical bid prices.

• Reviews project correspondence files to ensure that all conditions of permits, agreements, and miscellaneous memoranda have been complied with and incorporated in the construction plans and bid proposals.

• Assembles construction bid proposals and construction specifications, consisting of standard forms, special provisions, supplemental specifications, required federal contract provisions, minimum wage determinations, letter-size plans, and schedule of bid items and quantities, all of which may require customization for each individual project.

• Prepares addenda as necessary to address plan revisions, specification revisions, or bid documents errors during the advertisement period.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a probational appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees); Job Appointment, or by detail to special duty.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Betty Ellzey

Louisiana DOTD Contracts and Specifications Engineer

1201 Capitol Access Rd.

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

(225) 379-1498

"The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type."

Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available: https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs_rehabilitation.asp

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

  01

  Are you a permanent LADOTD employee?

• Yes

• No

  02

  Are you a probational LADOTD employee?

• Yes

• No

  03

  Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?

• Yes

• No

  04

  If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "N/A".

  05

  To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LaDOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?

  06

  What are your career interests?

  07

  Have you completed six or more semester hours in one of the following specialized fields: architecture, cartography, construction management, construction technology, drafting, engineering, engineering graphics, engineering technology, industrial technology, landscape architecture, math, or physics?

• Yes

• No

  08

  If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered "no", type N/A. Example: CE 3700 - Introduction to Civil Engineering - 3 hrs - LSU

  Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

1201 N 3rd St

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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